On April 18th, I reported on a public housing debacle involving the Flint Housing Commission and HUD. The Housing Commission issued a number of housing vouchers beyond the federal funding provided by HUD. As a result, many tenants signed leases they now cannot pay, and will shortly be evicted.
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COMMENTS:
– Weather: It will be getting cool and damp to day. Expect it. Enjoy it.
CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE DAY
Irving Park.
WORD OF THE DAY
Nascent.
NEWS OF THE DAY
The San Francisco Chronicle: Noted activist for war victims killed in car bomb attack.
“Describe a dream.”
This was submitted by Amber:
… Read the restI’ve had to wait on this one, until I had a dream I could remember
well enough to describe. Well, I had one last night…and it might
even qualify as a nightmare.
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15 DAYS to SCAV HUNT
from the 18th annual Hunt:
… Read the restItem #130. There’s only one force in the universe strong enough to brighten the moods of a whole convention-load of goths (640 N. Dearborn St. 11:00 PM on Thursday, incidentally) the CARE BEAR STARE!
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Not quite the dare my mom posed, but close enough after she made me potato salad.
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No organization involved in the recent retraction of housing vouchers by the Flint Housing Commission has escaped untarnished. Unfortunately, this extends to coverage of the event by the Flint Journal.
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COMMENTS:
– Yesterday. Work was stressful, but I made it home around five, worked on the website for awhile. Sam came home and we walked out to the lighthouse on the Hollywood Street beach. A storm seemed to be trembling in the air, and the lake’s waves dissolved into little ripples.
COMMENTS:
– Yesterday, much was accomplished, but little of interest to you, so instead, I’ll focus on: the weather.
– Of course I scheduled my photography project for last Sunday in the hopes of having a decent cloud cover. We’d been taking pictures for about twenty minutes when a wind stole through and broke up the sky.
Between Flint Mayor Don Williamson and the City Council the circus continues. The parody is startlingly close to the truth.
Meanwhile, the costs are real, with real miseries slipping by, almost unnoticed.
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from the Flint Journal:
… Read the restOfficials say voucher evictions not necessary
The Flint Journal First Edition
Friday, March 25, 2005
By Marjory Raymer
mraymer@flintjournal.com
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